Yup...there is a pretty strong theory that early humans sexually interacted with Neandertals, so they passed on some of their genes to our gene pool. Think of the 80's movie with Rae Dong Chong and (the guy who played Hellboy) where he was a Neandertal and she played an anatomically modern human.
Eric -----Original Message----- From: G Money [mailto:gm0n3...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 11:30 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: America not #1 in most indices On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > I have seen some interesting research that links it to Neandertals and a > submissive version of the gene that helped to keep them warm (which would > make sense...a high blood sugar level would allow more energy to be > produced, thus more heat...). They also think red hair comes from them to > ;-) > But modern humans aren't descended from Neandertals...so are they saying that early humans got busy with Neandertals and our line took on some of their traits as a result? -- I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316424 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
